Dinner-pail



(No Model.)

A2. M. BARTLETT & J. L. TOUHY.

DINNER PAIL.

No; 3653157. Patented June 28, 1887.

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AMASA M.- vBARTLETT AND JOHN L. TOUHY, OF EAST MARSHFIELD, lVIASSAOHUSETTS.

DINNER-PAIL.

SPECIPICATTON forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,457, dated June 28, 1887.

' Application filed January 12, 1887. Serial No. 224.140. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, AMASA M. BARTLETT and JOHN L. TOUHY, citizens of the United vention consists in providing the body portion with a flange and the lamp portion with 'certain-catchdevices, and in constructing the parts all as set forth hereinafter, so as to secure a firm and positive attachment of the lamp to the body of the pail and permittingits ready 7 withdrawal whenever required.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a dinner-pail embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of part of the pail. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of part, showing one of the spring catches. Fig. 4 is a plan of the lamp.

The body A of the pail or case is rectangular or cylindrical, or of any other desired form. As shown, it is cylindrical, open at both ends, with a partition, 2, above the lower end,perforated below Said partition, and with an annular lip, flange, or usual bead, 3, at the lower edge.

Within the upper portion of the pail, which is provided with the ordinary hinged bail,B, fits the can 0, which may support in an inverted position the cup D uponthe cover, and to the lower end of the body is connected a detachable lamp, E. The said lamp consists of areservoir, 5, having sockets, into which screw the holders of any number of wick-tubes, 6, the wicks 7' of which extend into the reservoir,

and the said reservoir is surrounded by a flange, 8, coinciding in diameter with the body of the can.

To the flangeS are secured a number of me tallic strips, 9, three being shown in Fig. 4, each strip being bent inward at the upper end to form a bearing, 10, upon which the lower edge or rib of the body A may rest, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and to the said flange 8 are also secured the lower ends of metal plates, bent at their upper ends, so as to constitute spring-catches 13, extending over the bearings 10.

Owing to the form of the spring-catchcs 13, the body A may be brought above and in contact with said catches and carried downward to rest upon the bearings 10, in which case the catches 13 will contact with the rib 3, will spring outward to permit the downward passage of said rib, and then will spring inward and engage with the side of the body above said rib, tliereby locking the lamp to the body, so that the two can be carried tog-ether as one article'without danger of the lamp being dctached or displaced. Y

The parts, when in position as described,and

as shown in Fig. 1, may be employed for heat ing articles of food or other purposes, each wick of the lamp affording a separate flame, to which air is admitted through the perforations in the lower part of the body, the

contents of the body above the partition 2 being thereby heated.

When it is desired to heat the contents of thepail O, the lamp E may be detached from the body and applied to heating the contents .of the pail, which is suspended above the lamp in any suitable manner.

In order to disconnect the lamp from the I theflange 8 resulting from use or any other cause.

Without limiting ourselves to the precise construction of parts shown, we claim- 1. The combination, in a dinner-pail, with a body, A, provided with a transverse partition,

ing a lower flange, 3, of a lamp provided with catches 13 extending over said bearings, subspring-catches, consisting of plates secured stantially as described.

thereto at their lower ends as shown, each in- In testimony whereof we have signed our ner plate being curved inward at its upper end names to this specification in the presence of 5 to form a bearing, 10, and the corresponding two subscribing witnesses.

end of each outer plate being curved down- AMASA M. BARTLETT. ward, substantially as set forth. JOHN L. TOUHY.

3. The combination of the flanged body A \Vitnesses: and lamp E, provided with plates 9, bent to L. S. RICHARDS, 10 form terminal bearings, and with spring- 0. R. RICHARDS. 

